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Do I have to dump all my proprietary Microsoft (MS) software in order to "go open source"? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Garfield Lucas   

No! This can be an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary process. Open source is about giving you the choice. So you decide which products are most appropriate to your needs – and your pockets! Remember...

  • Open source software can safely co-exist with proprietary products. There are many open source products for MS Windows. Example: ClamWin antivirus deployed by many small to medium sized companies to replace expensive and flaky proprietary products such as Norton & Sophos...
    http://www.clamwin.com/
  • Many open source products are also available for several operating systems including Linux, Macintosh and Windows. For example mySQL relational database system... http://dev.mysql.com/
    & PHP, a powerful web-programming language...
    http://www.php.net/
    – both used extensively in interactive websites.
  • And an excellent selection of top quality open source software for Windows users is available for free download from the OpenCD project...
    http://www.theopencd.org/
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 16:37